Designing and Testing a Causal Model of video-computer games Addiction based on Time Perspective, Confused Identity, Perceived Social Support, Metacognitive Beliefs, and seeking Sensation, Emotional Self-regulation as mediator factors

Miri, Mirnader (2020) Designing and Testing a Causal Model of video-computer games Addiction based on Time Perspective, Confused Identity, Perceived Social Support, Metacognitive Beliefs, and seeking Sensation, Emotional Self-regulation as mediator factors. Doctoral thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

Research Aim:The purpose of the present study is to investigate the mediation role of seeking sensation and emotional self-regulation in the relationship between time perspective, confused identity, perceived social support and metacognitive beliefs with video-computer games Addiction in high school boy students. Research method:The data were collected using video-computer games Addiction scale of Anuthawarn, time perspective scale of Zimbardo, confused identity scale of Bronzki, perceived social support scale of Zimet & et al, metacognitive beliefs scale of Wells and Cartwright-hatton, seeking sensation scale of Arnett and emotional self-regulation scale of Garnsefski & et.al. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation, regression and path analysis. The statistical population of the study was all boy students of the first grade of high school in Tehran in the academic year 2018-2019 and the sample size consisted of 405 students who were selected through multistage cluster random sampling. Findings: The findings show that seeking sensation has an effect on the relationship between positive and negative pasts, hedonistic-present, future orientation, emotional self-regulation, and confused identity with video–computergame addiction as a mediating variable. Also, the variable of emotional self-regulation in the relationship between perceived social support, positive belief about worry and beliefs related to low cognitive confidence with video-computer games addiction is partially mediated. Conclusion: People who have a positive attitude towards the past, people who are future-oriented, people who have low confused identities, people who have high emotional self-regulation, and the level of seeking sensation in such people is low, it is more likely that the rate of video-computer gamesaddictionare low among them. On the other hand, people who have a negative attitude towards the past and people who live in the moment and the level of seeking sensation in such people is high, it is more likely that the rate of video-computer gamesaddictionare highamong them. Also, people have higher levels of perceived social support, people with a positive attitude about worry, as well as people who have positive beliefs about their cognitive confidence, and the level of emotional self-regulation in such people is high,it is more likelythat the rate of video-computer gamesaddictionare lowamong them.

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